Audits and their impact on clinical practice

Emerald - 2011
AravindKomuravelli1, JenniferSmith2
1Stewart Assessment Unit, Peasley Cross, St Helens, UK
2University Hospital Aintree, Liverpool, UK

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PurposeThis paper aims to examine the impact of a number of audits on clinical practice within a large mental health NHS trust. It aims to consider all audits that had been reaudited by psychiatry trainees and to compare the adherence to various standards before and after reaudit.Design/methodology/approachThe authors examined all available clinical audits undertaken by psychiatry trainees that had been reaudited within Mersey Care NHS Trust. The results were analysed using SPSS version 16.0 for Windows. Differences between the results before and after reaudit were tested for using Pearson chi‐squared and Fisher's exact tests, both two‐tailed.FindingsSignificant improvements were noted in five of the 35 standards compared before and after reaudit. Only one reaudit, that of the assessment of physical health and of metabolic and cardiovascular risk in inpatients in Ashworth Hospital, showed significant deteriorations in adherence to the standards which was seen in seven of the nine parameters.Originality/valueThe reaudits demonstrated only a limited improvement in practice. This highlights the need for a more structured approach to involvement of junior doctors in clinical audit and more robust methods of dissemination and implementation of recommendations.

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